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Jose · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:03 am Subject:

The first one was rude,the last one was a nicer person,but,I do not like when she ask me to wire money thru western union..that's a no-no...The want my checking info. which is uncalled for..How do I sue them?..need advice..thanks..

Tom G · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:16 am Subject:

Wow. This page scared me to death, reading some of the things people had to say about this particular company. Not such an unpleasant experience on the phone with them, but I decided to check with the original creditor to ease my mind. After holding for nearly five minutes, I was connected with Academy Services, so at least now I know they are collecting for that creditor and not trying to steal my money.

Also, the gentleman I spoke with told me they were offering to settle half of the debt. After I agreed he asked me to hold, came back and told me 65% was the best he could offer. Kinda shady if you ask me.

Thor · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:20 am Subject:

These guys are the absolute biggest a$$holes in the world. I have virtually ZERO debt but a fairly common name and they keep harrassing me for someone else's debt. I even turned the Air Force JAG office on them and they are STILL harrassing me. Once you tell them they have the wrong person, it is ILLEGAL for them to continue calling you (per the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act). However they have no problem violating Federal Law. Someone even called from their offices claiming to be an attorney, which is afurther violation of law. These guys just suck!!

SteveO · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 1:41 pm Subject:

I received a call on my cell phone from them looking for my sister in law. Apparently they are somehow able to cross reference records to find people related to or even who live near their intended target. Unbelievable Rolling Eyes

Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:24 am Subject:

These people have been calling me for 2 yrs. for someone I never heard of. Must have had my phone # before ... & I'm seriously thinking about changing it. I told them (& others) that this was a wrong #, which is TRUE!, and it worked for everyone else ... but these people just seemed to take a break before calling back. And yes, I've had one abusive call when I tried to set them straight. Mostly, I let them waste time & delete their messages from my answering machine ... since I really have nothing to do with it.

Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:51 pm Subject:

I have just moved into a home for a little less than 3 years and have had numerous phone calls for the previous tenant. The thing is how are they pulling up "his" name with my address?????

Should'nt they figure it out that the names dont match???

I tried to tell their repersentatve Shelly Port at 800-441-6881 x5689 that the person does not live there. She stopped me in the middle of my sentence and started to sound like my 2 year old "blah...blah....blah" then she hung up.

calling this company rude is an understatement.

The local police department just arrived and spke to Mark Diaz the acting supervisor and it seems like he was confused about the situation.

The officer spoke with him and he instucted him that we have a California harrasment law tha they are breaking.

Hopefully they will stop calling and we can get some peace here.

Good luck to you all.

Callee · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:49 am Subject:

Another number: (215) 320-0424

FANCFRE · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:10 pm Subject: Academy is a scam

I also had the pleasure of talking with Mr. King. I received a letter saying I owed such and such amount of money from a Citibank account which (get this) was closed/payed off three years ago. I wrote this jerk and asked for 1. when the account was opened, 2 a copy of my signature on the application and also all transactions on the account. After Jerk called my ex wife looking for me I called him and when I referenced my letter the chicken hung the phone up. They are nothing but a scam.

Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:48 am Subject:

File a complaint with the federal trade commision, it may help.

There is this company called CCS(one of it many aka's) it's a credit card company but you could only shop from their catalog. Anyways I singed up with them, figured out what it was, wanted to cancel, and could get no where with their customer service reps, and money kept getting taken from my bank account. I file with the FTA and within 2 weeks I had the 500.00 they stole from me back and a letter of apology. I don't get how companies like these are allowed to operate.

Esteban · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:33 am Subject: Academy Collections

I have been receiving calls from these people for a debt that does not belong to me. The debt belongs to a company that sounds like mine. I told them that they have the wrong company. I no longer repond to their calls.